From: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6282796.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B5 "During the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Interplay launched a teaser website for its upcoming Fallout-themed massively multiplayer online title, Fallout Online. Since then, the developer has been utterly silent on the project. Now, the company’s president has shared some new information. Interplay president Eric Caen told British gaming magazine Edge Magazine that despite the legal tussle surrounding the title, Fallout Online will be released, in beta form, in the first half of 2012. He followed that up by stating that the title will be released commercially during the second half of that year. To date, the developer has yet to release a single screenshot or video from the game. That said, Caen offered fans a hearty bit of information on the direction the game will take. "Fallout 3 was a little bit too serious--that's definitely not where we're going. Our Fallout MMOG will be extremely funny," Caen said. "An MMOG must be a lot deeper than a stand-alone game. It's not a shooting game we're making. You can shoot, but it's a very small portion of the game. The game itself is about reconstructing the world." Fallout Online has been the subject of a legal battle between Interplay and Bethesda Softworks, developer and publisher of Fallout 3. The dispute stems from a disagreement about the deal, which saw Bethesda purchase the Fallout IP for $5.75 million in 2007 and then license the Fallout massively multiplayer online role-playing game rights back to Interplay. The license agreement had a stipulation that Interplay had to start full-time development within two years or the Fallout MMORPG rights would revert to Bethesda. Two years later, Bethesda attempted to terminate the deal, citing Interplay's lack of progress on the project. In a lawsuit filed in September, Bethesda accused Interplay of not having enough money to move forward with the game. The following month, Interplay accused Bethesda of acting in bad faith in a countersuit. It quickly released the first concept art for Fallout Online, claiming that work on the game was proceeding apace. In December, a judge agreed, denying Bethesda's request for an injunction that would have halted all work on Interplay's MMORPG. "
Bethseda were fools to not take the mmo rights for 50 million when it was first offered. But then hindsight is 20/20.
word. either way I am excited for this MMO. I love the fall out series start with the first and I can't wait to see what is made of this world when put under a MMO spotlight.
Ill be glad when 2012 comes... and all those people kill themselves...the rest of 2012 will be so nice and peaceful
Found this online, will start playing it soon FOnline: 2238 FOnline: 2238 is a Fallout game based on the FOnline engine. Currently, it is only available in English. Other languages may be added later, since the engine supports this feature. The game is set in 2238, 3 years before Fallout 2. The world has been expanded and includes both the Fallout and Fallout 2 game areas. Overview: This can be a really cool and fun game if you can find a couple of friends to play with you. At first this game goes pretty slow from shoveling shit to earning money and leveling, but when that's finished the real fun starts you can then create weapons and travel around the world. http://www.fonline2238.net/forum/ Download these files: Game Client: http://www.fonline2238.net/FOnline2238Client.exe master.dat file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TPCHV59V Critters.dat file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SJHUBY1A Optional music: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RX0R7KMB How to set up the client 1. open the installer 2. Choose next until it installs 3. When it asks you for master.dat and critter.dat browse to your downloads and put them in (check "copy" so you can delete these files in your downloads) 4. (optional) When it asks for the music folder extract the .rar file and put that in (check "copy" so you can delete these file in your downloads) 5. Your client will be under C:\Program Files (x86)\FOnline open up the launcher and click update 6. Go to configure, Combat tab, click on Turn-based and configure everything else to your liking 7. Register ( To make a username click the blank box in the upper left corner)